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August 12, 2010

Menu Planner on Studio 5

We all know that planning what to make for dinner can be a daunting task. The thinking is always worse than the actual making, right? A menu planner is a great way to alleviate the daily planning stress. Just simply sit down with your family once a week to plan your meals and you are set. Today on Studio 5, we showed two fun ways to display your weekly menu.

Basics for both Menu Planners-

Your family probably has a dozen or so Go-To-Meals that they like to eat. Make tags for your favorites and then leave a few spares to fill in with new dishes. Here are a few other suggestions for tags you might want to make: Dine Out, Wild Card, Try Something New, Leftovers

Magnetic Menu Planner: (Kits Available August 20th- Call to order yours today)

Kits for this planner will be $24 and will include everything you need to make this exact board (adhesive and ink not included). The kits also come with detailed pictures and instructions so you will be able to easily assemble your planner.

If you would prefer to make the planner from scratch...Here are the instructions:

1. Cut patterned paper as desired and mod podge to magnet board. To mod podge, paint a layer of glue onto magnet board then place paper down. Allow to dry then add another layer of glue to top of paper.

3. Make bottle cap days by cutting printed days from download sheet (a 1" circle punch works perfectly). Place the printed circle inside the bottle cap and glue down with strong adhesive. Place a bottle cap topper on top of printed piece to create a bubbled dimensional effect. Adhere magnet with epoxy to back of bottle cap.

We love these new Vintage Receipt Holders from 7 Gypsies. They are so adorable and really easy to use. They retail for $24.99. Here is what we did with ours.

The trick with tackling one of these trays is to take one square at a time. Don't try to figure out the whole project at once. Think of a general idea and then work one small space at a time. This is also a great project for cleaning out your junk drawer. Use this opportunity to utilize the last letters in an alphabet or the remaining 3 jewels in a package. The more varied elements you have the better.

Here are some detail shots of the project:

We made the first box a generic title box with the following boxes being days of the week.

The last box is a great place to keep a shopping list for the week.

We stored the extra, unused tags for the week in the top right box.

We used large manilla tags (available at the stores for $0.25 each) to make our menu cards. Make your tags simple or ornate, or make a variety. Here are some tags we did.

YAY! that took forever to leave a comment for some reason.... I REALLY want to purchase the magnetic menu planner. It says to call to reserve, but how would I know what number to call?? please reply to onecent74@gmail.com THANKS!

I REALLY want one of these meal menu boards!!! I live in TX so how would I get everything? It says to call to order but where's the number? can you email me at 3molls@gmail.com and let me know what to do??? THanks!!!

Also would like to purchase, like others. please email @scissorsmith@gmail.com to let my know how to place my order. my kitchen has yellow tile and I accent with red and cherries, so this is perfect! super excited. I found you on pinintrest.